{"id":2147,"date":"2020-05-05T23:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shescribe.com\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2020-05-05T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:30:12","slug":"the-prospect-of-returning-to-work-reminds-me-i-need-to-get-shit-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shirscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/05\/the-prospect-of-returning-to-work-reminds-me-i-need-to-get-shit-done\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prospect of Returning to Work Reminds Me I Need to Get Shit Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I need to make a schedule. I need to set some goals, measurable goals. I can\u2019t just be a dreamer; I have to also be a doer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what do I do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I learned that my sister has to go back to work tomorrow. She works for a nonprofit, has her own office and has minimal contact with others, as such, her employer wants to open for business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I found that out, it kind of scared me. I wondered will my employer soon be calling me telling me the same thing. While that\u2019s highly unlikely given that I work at a place where it\u2019s pretty much impossible for the business to run successfully while social-distancing, you just never know, so I have to prepare myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, going back to work scares me for several reasons. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I make more than twice as much on unemployment than I did when I was working. And the sad part about that is it\u2019s not like I\u2019m rolling in the dough with these unemployment checks. It\u2019s still not enough money to comfortably take care of myself if I lived on my own, but thankfully I don\u2019t.<\/li>
  2. I\u2019m not so fond of my job to begin with. I work that job because I need the money not because I particularly enjoy it.<\/li>
  3. Going back to work would give me less time and energy to focus on my true goal of having a writing career. Working at that job is just an extra stressor that I don\u2019t need right now.<\/li>
  4. Then, of course, there\u2019s the whole health factor.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So yeah, that\u2019s why I\u2019m scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But even if I don\u2019t go back to work anytime soon, that extra $600 a month is only going to last for four months, then it will be back down to what I\u2019m actually supposed to be getting, which of course is much less than I would be getting if I went back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What does all this mean, you might ask? It means I have about three months (possibly less) to find another stream of income \u2013 and I want that stream to be a writing one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ask me what kind of writing I want to do, and I can rattle off a whole list of things, I just don\u2019t know where to begin. I feel like I\u2019ve already said that several times in this post \u2013 that\u2019s how much it confounds me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nevertheless, I gotta start setting some goals. I gotta start picking some dates to get shit done by. And I don\u2019t even know what a realistic goal is. Like I don\u2019t want to aim too high and set myself up for disappointment. But I don\u2019t want to aim too low either and have minimal progress when I could have gone further.  I guess it really doesn\u2019t matter as long as I do something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lately my prayer has been Father, give me this day my daily bread<\/em> \u2013 and I\u2019m not just talking about food. Big dreams can be so overwhelming, with the roadmap between my now and that dream so obscured. This often causes me to get ahead of myself. I get so focused on the endgame that I can\u2019t even tell what I can do in the present moment to help me get there. So when I say give me this day my daily bread, I\u2019m saying help me see what I can do today to get one step closer to my ultimate goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If I do that \u2013 use what I have right now, focus on these measurable goals \u2013 I have a feeling that even that I\u2019m not sure how to get there, it\u2019ll come to me along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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